Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-03-18

expressions sAau Deem faplQly HltClng,l
as he took me for q ghost, q lunatic,
or drnnkard, was apparently quite
convinced by my tone. He assumed
only an expression Of keen interest,
and listened to my story with grave
professional air. Z s1t HIS
y u ;"iis 10 oas:y I.otter 10 tel the
story calmly, consecutiyely. The task
was rendered the more difficult by the
TACT that Mary's danger, SO plain ana
50 agonizing to me, seemed at'first to
make less impression upon DR.. Shaw
than the dark & Fl crimes which
/ narrated without feeling such
4 senses of their gravity, as my listener,
who had never seen Mary Fortescue,
never realized her strange hclplessness
never felt the quickening inspiration Of
her timid love. ..5 .5. j5s.
One thing gratifed me as told the
tale. Shaw was evidently profoundly
interested and impressed by the strange
manner in which my sight had been
restored. But he forbore questioning
me, seeing how intensely concerned I
was to come to the point which had
brought me to seek his help; and very
soon I saw that, far from ,condemmng
the deceptionI had practised ON the
household of Hanover Lodge with re-
gard to my recovery, he looked upon
it as alegitimate weapon used in a COM
mendable war. 5l .r...
.'And now, DOCTOR 1 said as fin.
ished a rapid account Of the memorable
period of my sojourn with the Beaufoys,
s.what is to be done? How can we
stop Plowitz! How can we trace him?"
The doctor had risen, and saw that
he was about to put on his boots.
'.We must not lose any time" he
said briskly, eve must communicate
with the police at once. There are
still several trains to Euston. We
must catch one as soon as possible
: Leaving a note on the table, ex-
planning that he was imperatively
called away, but would be back early
in the morning, he turned out the
lights, and we were soon striding
briskly along towards the nearest
station.
A walk of a quarter of a mile brought
us there; and in few minutes was
eaeeeding towards Euston once more,
provided this time with hat and over
coat of the good doctors. A cab,
whose pace endangered our safety and
that of some of the foot-passengers,
brought us, all too slowly, to Scotland
Yard. Fl
After a certain amount of parleying,
in which I left everything to my COM
panion. we were ushered into the pres
ence of an official "a broad-shouldered,
square-headed gentleman. with very
piercing eyes, and an uncorimonly
pleasant expression of countenance.
This was Chief Inspector Rosebush
the redoubtable puller of the strings
which had brought many and many
a criminal, who had almost struggled
free of the fatal consequences of his
misdeeds, back into the throttling meshes
which Nemesis spreadsfo for the breakers
of laws. Hooked at him not only with
curiosity and some admiration, but
with touch of romantic interest Here
was my hope, under Heaven, of rescu-
ing an innocent girl from the power of a
villain-of recovering my love, of safe
guarding her from the wiies of her
| enemies. 6 = y s'$ e
Mr.. Rosebush listened with a per-
fectly impassive face, while Shaw, also
professionally impassive, put before
him with admirable succinctness the
main features of the case. Now and
then he turned his piercing eyes upon
me, and put some simple but pertinent
question. My answers to these oc-
casional enquiries were all that con-
tributed to the conversation in which
was so deeply interested. DIR.
Shaw for the present onlmitted to relate
Enthusiastically the story Of Hardy 8
murder. Il So.
occasionally Interruptions came from
the telephone which was close at hand.
Then the inspector, courteously raising
his hand to bespeak our indulgence,
would listen to the murmured message
from affair, and sometimes immediately,
sometimes after moments thought,
would consign to the machine the words
that often meant the doom Of the hard
ly-hunted quarry of justice. His in
structions given, he leaned forward
again in his customary attitude OF
courteous attention. @
..Hanover Lodge!'' he said at
last. ..This must all be seen
to" And then he proceeded to detail
some instructions to an invisible myr-
midon by means of the telephone. Par
don me- I said, rather agita,ed by his
calmness, s.but Hanover Lodge, can
wait, and in the meantime every min
ute is valuable to prevent the escape Of
Plowitz.'
1--WE shall be- in time for him. said
the inspector reassuringly. According
to Your impression of the time they lef,
Hanover Lodge, they could not have
been able to catch any Of the night
boats for the Continents. BY the time
the morning boats start. all the port.
! will be watched, aud if they attempt to
! cross we shall know Of it at once. W.
must first ascertain whether they LEFT
/ London by any night-train. =
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